North loses one riding in federal redistribution plan
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Northern Ontario has lost one of its 10 federal electoral ridings, with many of the remaining nine being rejigged to incorporate new areas.
Northern Ontario has lost one of its 10 federal electoral ridings, with many of the remaining nine being rejigged to incorporate new areas.
Gone is the riding of Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing, currently represented by New Democrat MP Carol Hughes.
Here are some of the major changes that affect northern Ontario:
- Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing has been incorporated into new ridings of Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma, Manitoulin-Nickel Belt and Kapuskasing-Timmins-Mushkegowuk.
- The northwestern tip of the riding has been placed into Thunder-Superior North riding.
- The western parts of the Sudbury riding have been added to Manitoulin-Nickel Belt, while eastern areas such as Garson and Skead have been added to Sudbury.
- Nipissing-Timiskaming has been extended north as far as Englehart.
